A Great Religious Assembly
By Editor
The world is aware that the greatest financiers in this country, that is, those whose names are connected with the largest sums of money and the largest corporations, have been exposed as criminally dishonest, and their financial methods are now notoriously fraudulent. Yet one of the great dailies, apparently without fear of contradiction, openly says:— It does seem infamous, it does seem shameful, it is certainly pitiful, that in all probability nothing can or will be done to bring these men to book. They will still continue to be leaders of high finance, they will still continue to be the foremost figures in fashionable churches, they will still continue to be held up as models for young men to follow, and all because there exists some terrible canker in our national life that has destroyed the vigor of our hatred of dishonesty and sharp practise, provided the gains are sufficiently immense.
However, in spite of all the developments of financial and political corruption, and the growing worldliness in church-life, many of the preachers of "smooth things" are still telling the people that "the world is growing better." A Great Religious Assembly.
The Methodist General Conference, which meets but once in four years, is to convene in May next, at Los Angeles, Cal. It is announced that every Methodist Church in the world is expected to have a representative there. The business agents of the convention estimate that about thirty thousand persons will visit Los Angeles at that time on account of this convocation. Extensive preparations are being made for the entertainment of the delegates, and for the musical features of the conference. In addition to the routine work of the convention, a large number of distinguished speakers have been invited to address the assemblage.